WO2008050506A1 - Dispositif d'affichage à cristaux liquides - Google Patents

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WO2008050506A1
WO2008050506A1 PCT/JP2007/061624 JP2007061624W WO2008050506A1 WO 2008050506 A1 WO2008050506 A1 WO 2008050506A1 JP 2007061624 W JP2007061624 W JP 2007061624W WO 2008050506 A1 WO2008050506 A1 WO 2008050506A1
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  • the present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal panel and a backlight, and more particularly to a liquid crystal display device that controls illumination light from a backlight according to an image to be displayed.
  • Liquid crystal display devices have features such as thinness, low power consumption, and high definition, and are accompanied by an increase in screen size due to the development of manufacturing technology.
  • the field of television has been mainly cathode ray tubes (CRT). Is spreading.
  • Patent Document 1 discloses a liquid crystal display device that enhances the contrast (dynamic range) of an image by controlling the brightness of illumination light of a backlight for each location according to a display image. ing.
  • This liquid crystal display device is composed of a liquid crystal panel and a backlight having a plurality of illumination areas, a backlight control means for controlling the illumination light luminance of each illumination area of the backlight based on a display image signal, and a backlight.
  • Image signal control means for converting the display image signal based on the illumination light luminance information for each of the illumination areas and inputting the converted input image signal to the liquid crystal panel.
  • the illumination light brightness of the backlight is controlled based on the display image signal, the brightness of the illumination light is increased for a display area including a lot of bright image information in the entire screen.
  • the brightness of the illumination light can be lowered for a display area containing a lot of dark image information, and the contrast of the entire screen can be increased.
  • the brightness of the illumination light is changed for each illumination area, when the display image signal is input to the liquid crystal panel with the same gradation, the brightness of the display image is shifted between the illumination areas.
  • the input image signal is converted according to the luminance information (illumination light luminance) for each illumination area, and the converted input image signal is input to the liquid crystal panel, so that the display image is displayed between the illumination areas. Appropriate images are obtained with no deviation in image brightness.
  • Patent Document 1 discloses a backlight having a plurality of illumination regions and configured by using a plurality of types of light emitting elements having different light emission principles.
  • FIGS. 13 (a) and 13 (b) The configuration of the liquid crystal display device described in Patent Document 1 is shown in FIGS. 13 (a) and 13 (b).
  • FIG. 13 (a) is an exploded perspective view showing the configuration of the liquid crystal display device 10
  • FIG. 13 (b) is a cross-sectional view showing the configuration of a part of the backlight 12.
  • the liquid crystal display device 10 includes a liquid crystal panel 11 and a backlight 12.
  • the backlight 12 includes a plurality of cold cathode tubes 13 and a plurality of cold cathode tubes 13. It has a direct structure with 1J white LED14 arranged in the surface.
  • Each illumination area of the knocklight 12 is partitioned by an opaque partition 15 that also serves as a reflector.
  • the cold cathode tube 13 is disposed so as to penetrate the partition wall 15, and a white LED 14 is disposed immediately below the cold cathode tube 13.
  • Non-special reference 1 The Gamut of Real surface and olours (COLOR research and apphcati on; Volume5, Number 3, 145-155, Fall 1980)
  • object colors that exist naturally include brightness (brightness) and color depth 'brightness'.
  • the object color when looking at the Munsell color chart shown in FIGS. 5 (a) to 5 (c), the object color has a high brightness. In the low and high areas, the achromatic color is low in saturation, and the saturation is increased at intermediate lightness.
  • the object color in Pointer's ColorJ is in the chromaticity range shown in Fig. 6 on the CIE chromaticity diagram.
  • Fig. 7 (a) to Fig. 7 (f) when considering the relationship between relative luminance and saturation, as shown in Fig. 7 (a) to Fig. 7 (f), when the maximum luminance is 100%, the area is very low and the luminance is high. In the region, it can be seen that there is a high-saturated object color in the region where the luminance of the object color is low and the luminance is intermediate.
  • liquid crystal display device 10 controls the backlight in consideration of only the luminance (brightness) of the image, and takes into account the vividness (saturation) of the image. Absent.
  • the present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and provides a liquid crystal display device capable of further improving display quality by performing backlight control in consideration of brightness and saturation of a display image.
  • the purpose is to provide.
  • the liquid crystal display device of the present invention is a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal display panel that performs color display and a light source, and the light source is turned on.
  • the brightness of the display image of the liquid crystal display panel increases when two or more types of light emitting elements having different color differences between the white point and the primary color point in the display image of the liquid crystal display panel, the color difference in the display image
  • a light source control unit that changes the type of light emitting element to be lit is provided.
  • the liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a light source having two or more types of light emitting elements having different color differences between a white point and a primary color point.
  • the color difference between the white point and the primary color point is the coordinate of the white chromaticity point (white point) of the image (display image) displayed on the liquid crystal display panel when each light emitting element is lit alone. This is the distance from the coordinates of the chromaticity points (primary color points) of primary colors such as red, green, and blue.
  • the difference in color difference means that the color difference in the image (display image) displayed on the liquid crystal display panel is different when each light emitting element is lit alone.
  • a light emitting element having a larger color difference means an element having a larger color difference between each primary color point such as RGB and the white color point compared to other light emitting elements. Furthermore, the sum of each color difference is larger than that of other light emitting elements.
  • a light emitting element having a larger color difference can be rephrased as a light emitting element having a larger color reproduction range (a chromaticity range in which a display image can be reproduced).
  • the liquid crystal display device of the present invention is configured so that the color difference in the display image is reduced when the brightness increases based on the brightness of the display image of the liquid crystal display panel capable of color display.
  • a light source controller that changes the type of the light emitting element to be lit.
  • the light source control unit changes the lighting state of the light emitting element so that the type of the light emitting element that is turned on when the brightness of the display image is less than the threshold and the type of the light emitting element that is turned on when the brightness is equal to or higher than the threshold. Can be controlled.
  • the light emitting elements having a larger color difference are turned on, so that the color of the display image is increased.
  • the degree can be increased.
  • the light source control unit changes the type of the light emitting element to be lit so that the color difference in the display image becomes small when the brightness of the display image becomes large, so that a bright image where high saturation is not required In this case, the emphasis can be on increasing the brightness of the light source.
  • the saturation of the object color is high and the saturation is high, or the display image that is required to be displayed is relatively dark, select the type of light-emitting element that is lit so that the color difference is large Therefore, a more vivid image display can be performed.
  • the luminance control of the light source can be performed in consideration of the brightness and saturation characteristics of the object color, and a liquid crystal display device with improved display quality can be realized.
  • the light source control unit increases the number of types of light emitting elements to be lit as the brightness of the display image increases, and changes the types of light emitting elements to be lit in the color difference. It is preferable to select in order from the size of the light emitting element.
  • the relationship between the lightness and saturation of the object color has a characteristic that when the lightness is relatively low, the saturation of the object color is high and the saturation of the object color is lowered when the lightness is high. Therefore, it is preferable that an image with high saturation can be displayed when the display image is relatively dark. On the other hand, when the display image is bright, the saturation of the image is not so required. [0022] According to the above configuration, in the case of a bright image for which high saturation is not required, the luminance of the light source can be increased by turning on many types of light emitting elements including those having a large color difference and those having a small color difference. Can be raised.
  • a light-emitting element with a larger color difference can be rephrased as a light-emitting element having a larger color reproduction range (a chromaticity range in which a display image can be reproduced). Therefore, the light source control unit increases the number of types of light emitting elements to be lit as the brightness of the display image increases, and also sets the types of light emitting elements to be lit in order from the light emitting elements having the large color reproduction range. You may choose.
  • the two or more types of light emitting elements have higher luminous efficiency per power consumption as the color difference is smaller.
  • the two or more types of light emitting elements have higher luminous efficiency per price as the color difference is smaller.
  • the light source further includes a luminance determining unit that determines the luminance of the light source based on a gradation value of an image source signal for displaying an image on the liquid crystal display panel. It ’s good to be.
  • the luminance of the light source is determined based on the gradation value of the image source signal input to the apparatus, for example, the luminance increases as the gradation value increases.
  • the illumination brightness of the light source can be changed. As a result, dark images can be displayed darker and brighter images brighter, and display with increased contrast can be realized.
  • the liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a gradation conversion unit that converts the gradation value of the input image signal to the liquid crystal display panel based on the luminance of the light source determined by the luminance determination unit. Is preferred.
  • the gradation value of the input image signal can be converted according to the determined luminance of the light source. Therefore, when the illumination luminance of the light source is set lower than necessary, the input image signal The gradation value is converted to the high gradation side, and an image based on the converted gradation value can be displayed on the liquid crystal display panel.
  • the image finally displayed on the liquid crystal display device can be a better image.
  • the display image signal is a dark image signal
  • the illumination brightness of the light source is set low
  • the display image signal of the dark image is input as it is to the liquid crystal panel, and finally the liquid crystal display device This prevents the image displayed on the image from becoming darker than necessary.
  • the light source has a plurality of divided light emitting areas as a light emitting section, and the light source control section displays the divided display of the liquid crystal display panel corresponding to the divided light emitting areas.
  • the type of light emitting element it is preferable to change the type of light emitting element to be lit for each of the divided light emission regions so that the color difference in the display image is reduced.
  • the brightness of an image displayed for each divided display area of the liquid crystal display panel is increased. It is possible to control the irradiation luminance of the divided light emitting region of the corresponding backlight according to the lamp. Therefore, an image with high saturation is displayed in the divided display area where dark images are displayed, and an image with low saturation is displayed in the divided display area where bright images are displayed. Therefore, even when displaying an image mixed with light and dark, high saturation and color can be expressed in the dark divided display area.
  • the liquid crystal display panel is divided into divided display areas corresponding to the divided light emitting areas, and the light source is an image source signal of an image displayed in the divided display areas. It is preferable to further include a luminance determining unit that determines the luminance of the corresponding divided light emitting region according to the gradation value.
  • the luminance of the light source in the corresponding divided light emitting area is determined based on the gradation value of the image source signal in the divided display area, for example, as the gradation value becomes higher
  • the illumination brightness of the light source can be changed for each divided light emitting area corresponding to the divided display area so that the brightness is increased.
  • dark areas can be displayed darker and bright areas can be displayed brighter, and an image display with enhanced contrast can be realized on one screen.
  • the liquid crystal display device of the present invention is based on the luminance of the light source in the divided light emitting area determined by the luminance determining unit, and the level of the input image signal to the corresponding divided display area of the liquid crystal display panel. It is preferable that a gradation conversion unit for converting the tone value is provided.
  • the gradation value of the input image signal can be converted based on the determined luminance of the light source, when the illumination luminance of the light source is set lower than necessary, the input The gradation value of the image signal is converted to the high gradation side, and an image based on the converted gradation value can be displayed on the liquid crystal display panel. Thereby, the image finally displayed on the liquid crystal display device can be made a better image.
  • the light source includes a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element having a smaller color difference than the first light emitting element as the light emitting element. It is preferable that the first light emitting element is composed of red, green, and blue light emitting diodes, and the second light emitting element is composed of a white light emitting diode.
  • the first light-emitting element has red, green, and blue light-emitting diodes. Since the second light emitting element is a white light emitting diode (LED), the color difference of the first light emitting element is larger than the color difference of the second light emitting element. Can be used. In addition, the light emission efficiency of the second light emitting element can be increased as compared with the light emission efficiency of the first light emitting element. Therefore, the backlight can be controlled in consideration of the brightness and saturation of the display image, and the cost can be reduced.
  • LED white light emitting diode
  • the liquid crystal display panel preferably includes a color filter composed of three primary colors of red, green, and blue.
  • the maximum green luminance LI (G) of the image displayed on the liquid crystal display panel and the first light emitting element are displayed. It is preferable that the white maximum luminance L12 (W) of the image displayed on the liquid crystal display panel when the light element and the second light emitting element are turned on have the following relationship.
  • the object color green has the highest saturation at a relative luminance of 18.4%, and the saturation decreases at higher luminance. According to the above configuration, when only the first light emitting element is lit, the maximum green brightness L1 of the image displayed on the liquid crystal display panel is 18.4% or higher, so the object color of green is sufficient. A display image reproduced in the above manner can be obtained.
  • the object color red has the highest saturation at a relative luminance of 11.3%, and the saturation decreases at higher luminance. According to the above configuration, when only the first light emitting element is turned on, the red color of the image displayed on the liquid crystal display panel is 11.3% or more. Can be obtained.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a liquid crystal display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of a backlight provided in the liquid crystal display device shown in FIG.
  • FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the arrangement of light emitting elements in the backlight shown in FIG.
  • Color reproduction range “ ⁇ ) “primary color point (country) (RGB chromaticity)” of the image displayed on the liquid crystal panel when the RGB LED is emitted.
  • FIG. 5 is a chromaticity diagram showing (a region within a solid line connecting primary color points (RGB)) and a range of object colors at each relative luminance.
  • FIG. 7 (a) CIE chromaticity diagram showing the range of object color at 1.9% relative brightness with white circles ( ⁇ ).
  • FIG. 7 (b) CIE chromaticity diagram showing the range of object color at 6.2% relative luminance with white circles ( ⁇ ).
  • FIG. 7 (c) CIE chromaticity diagram showing the range of the object color at 11.3% relative luminance with white circles ( ⁇ ).
  • FIG. 7 (d) This is a CIE chromaticity diagram showing the range of the object color at a relative luminance of 18.4% as a white circle ( ⁇ ).
  • FIG. 7 (e) CIE chromaticity diagram showing the range of the object color at a relative luminance of 34.1% as white circles ( ⁇ ).
  • FIG. 7 (f) CIE chromaticity diagram showing the range of object color at a relative luminance of 76 ⁇ 3% with white circles ( ⁇ ).
  • Reproduction range (area within solid line connecting each primary color point (RGB)), and white point of image displayed on the LCD panel when white LED emits light is a chromaticity diagram showing a 'color reproduction range (a region within a broken line connecting primary color points (R'G'B')).
  • FIG. 9 A graph showing the emission spectrum of RGB_LED and white LED, and the transmittance of the color filter.
  • FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a liquid crystal display device which is particularly effective in another embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 11 A cross-sectional view showing a configuration of a backlight provided in the liquid crystal display device shown in FIG.
  • FIG. 12 is a plan view showing the arrangement of the light emitting elements in the backlight shown in FIG. 13 (a)] is an exploded perspective view showing a configuration of a conventional liquid crystal display device.
  • FIG. 13 (b)] is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of a part of the backlight shown in FIG. 13 (a).
  • a light source having two types of light-emitting elements that have different color differences between the white point and the primary color point is provided, and when the brightness of the display image increases, the color difference in the display image is reduced.
  • a liquid crystal display device provided with a backlight control unit (light source control unit) that changes the type of light emitting element to be lit will be described.
  • the backlight illumination brightness is set based on the input display image signal, and the input to the liquid crystal panel is performed based on the display image signal and the backlight illumination brightness.
  • An image signal is created.
  • the display image signal is a signal (image source signal) for displaying an image on a liquid crystal display device, and specifically includes a television video signal and the like.
  • FIG. 1 shows a configuration block diagram of a main part of liquid crystal display device 100 in the present embodiment.
  • the liquid crystal display device 100 includes a liquid crystal panel (liquid crystal display panel) 110 having a color filter composed of three primary colors of R (red), G (green), and blue (blue) and a backlight. (Light source, light-emitting unit) 120, and the LCD panel 110 receives illumination light from the backlight 120, and controls the transmittance of the illumination light from the backlight 120 for each pixel according to the input image signal input. To display an image.
  • the backlight 120 includes RGB—LED (first light emitting element) and white LED (second light emitting element).
  • RGB-LED is composed of light-emitting diodes (red LED (R-LED), green LED (G-LED), blue LED (B-LED)) whose emission colors are primary colors (red, green, blue). It refers to the light emitting element made.
  • RGB-LED red LED
  • G-LED green LED
  • B-LED blue LED
  • the light emitting diodes of the respective colors those generally used as a light source of a liquid crystal display device can be used.
  • liquid crystal panel 110 a liquid crystal panel that is generally used as a display panel of a liquid crystal display device can be used as long as it can perform color display.
  • the color constituting the color filter for color display is the same color as the light emitting color of the light emitting element included in the backlight 120.
  • the liquid crystal display device 100 emits light from the light emitting elements constituting the knock light 120 based on a display image signal (image source signal) for displaying an image on the liquid crystal panel 110.
  • a backlight control unit (light source control unit) 160 that changes the state is provided.
  • the display image signal is directly input to the liquid crystal panel.
  • the light emitting element is used in accordance with the display image signal.
  • the light emission state is changed, and the illumination brightness of the backlight is changed. Therefore, for example, when the display image signal is a dark image signal (that is, when the brightness of the display image is low), the backlight illumination brightness is set low, and the display image signal of the dark image is displayed on the liquid crystal panel. If is input as it is, the image finally displayed on the liquid crystal display device will be darker than necessary.
  • the image finally displayed on the liquid crystal display device can be a better image (that is, an image faithfully representing the display image signal).
  • a gradation conversion circuit (gradation conversion unit) 150 is provided.
  • a maximum gradation level detection circuit 130 and a knocklight lighting control circuit (luminance determination unit) 140 are provided.
  • Maximum gradation level detection circuit 130 is a display for displaying an image on liquid crystal panel 110.
  • the maximum gradation level of the image signal is detected and output to the knock light lighting control circuit 140.
  • the backlight lighting control circuit 140 determines the illumination brightness of the backlight 120 according to the maximum gradation level detected by the maximum gradation level detection circuit 130.
  • the backlight 120 when an image having a high maximum gradation level (that is, a bright image with high brightness) is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 100, the backlight 120 is set so that the illumination light luminance is high. Conversely, when an image with a low maximum gradation level (that is, a dark image with low brightness) is displayed, the illumination brightness of the backlight 120 is set to be low.
  • the display image signal displayed on the liquid crystal display device 100 is compared with the illumination light luminance of the backlight 120 controlled by the backlight lighting control circuit 140 and input to the liquid crystal panel 110. Create an input image signal.
  • control unit in the conventionally known liquid crystal display device can be applied to the configuration of the control unit of the liquid crystal display panel and the control unit of the backlight in the liquid crystal display device 100 other than those described above. Therefore, the description is omitted here.
  • FIG. 2 schematically shows a cross-sectional configuration of the backlight 120
  • FIG. 3 shows a plan view of the arrangement of the light emitting elements in the backlight 120.
  • the backlight 120 has two types of light emitting elements having different color differences between the white point and the primary color point. That is, it has RGB-LED 121 as the first light emitting element having the larger color difference and white LED 122 as the second light emitting element having the smaller color difference.
  • the knock light 120 includes a diffusion plate 124, a prism sheet 1 on an LED plate (light emitting device) 123 formed by arranging a plurality of RGB-LEDs 121 and white LEDs 122.
  • An optical sheet 126 made of 25 or the like is laminated.
  • the backlight 120 is composed of one R-LED, two G-LEDs, one B_LED, and two white LEDs as one unit. Arranged on the plate 123.
  • FIG. Figure 8 is a chromaticity diagram (chromaticity coordinates).
  • black circles ( ⁇ ) indicate the white chromaticity point of the image of the liquid crystal display device, that is, the white color point.
  • the black square (country) indicates the red, green, and blue chromaticity points (primary color points) R'G 'B of the image displayed by the light emitted from the RGB LED and the liquid crystal panel.
  • White Triangle ( ⁇ ) indicates red, green of the image displayed by the light emitted from the white LED and the liquid crystal panel
  • FIG. 9 shows the emission spectra of RGB-LEDs and white LEDs and the color filter transmittance spectrum of the liquid crystal panel.
  • RGB—Red, green, and blue chromaticity points (R'G 'B) of the image displayed by the light emitted from the LED and the liquid crystal panel indicate the emission spectrum of the RGB LED and the color filter transmission of the liquid crystal panel. It depends on the relationship with the excess rate spectrum.
  • the red, green, and blue chromaticity points (R '' G ' ⁇ ⁇ ') of the image displayed by the light emitted from the white LED and the liquid crystal panel indicate the emission spectrum of the white LED and the liquid crystal panel. This is determined by the relationship with the color filter transmittance.
  • the range of triangles connecting the red, green, and blue chromaticity points determined in this way is the color reproduction range of RGB-LED and white LED.
  • the color difference ⁇ indicates the distance between the chromaticity coordinates of the primary color point and the chromaticity coordinates of the white point, and is a numerical value determined by the following equation (A).
  • the X primary color point is the X coordinate of the primary color point
  • the X white point is the X coordinate of the white point
  • the y primary color point is the y coordinate of the primary color point
  • the y white point Is the y coordinate of the white point.
  • Table 1 shows the chromaticity points in FIG. 8 as numerical values. Table 1 shows the color reproduction range.
  • the light emitting element having a larger color difference means an element having a larger color difference between each primary color point such as RGB and the white color point compared to other light emitting elements. Furthermore, the sum of each color difference between each primary color point and the white color point is larger than that of other light emitting elements.
  • a light emitting element having a larger color difference can be replaced with a light emitting element having a larger color reproduction range (a chromaticity range in which a display image can be reproduced).
  • the object color is achromatic with low saturation in areas with high and low brightness, and with intermediate brightness.
  • the degree is increased.
  • red (R) Fig. 5 (a)
  • green (G) Fig. 5 (b)
  • blue (B) Fig. 5 (c)
  • the saturation is close to the lightness 3 ⁇ 4. Is the highest.
  • the object color in Pointer's Colorj is in the chromaticity range shown in Fig. 6 on the CIE chromaticity diagram.
  • Fig. 6 it is said that the area where the white circle ( ⁇ ) exists is the entire range of the object color, and the color (chromaticity) of the other area does not exist naturally.
  • FIG. 6 shows the position of each color in the chromaticity diagram. The closer to the solid line at this position, the higher the saturation of each color.
  • liquid crystal display device of the present invention focusing on the above points, light source control is performed in which the type of light emitting element to be lit is changed based on the brightness of the display image.
  • RGB composed of red (R), green (G), and blue (B) LEDs as the first light emitting element
  • the principle of the lighting control of the light emitting element will be explained concretely by taking an example of using a white LED that uses an LED and a blue LED and a phosphor as the second light emitting element.
  • FIG. 8 shows a case where the liquid crystal panel has a color finer composed of three primary colors of red (R), green (G), and blue (B), and displays an image by additive mixing of RGB light.
  • Figure 9 shows the emission spectrum of the RGB LED and white LED, and the transmittance of the color filter.
  • the light emitted from the white LED light source is slightly higher in saturation for blue, but the RGB LED for red and green. Images with higher saturation can be displayed with the light emitted from the light source.
  • the color reproduction range which is the area surrounded by the line connecting the RGB primary color points, is wider with the light emitted from the RGB-LED, which means that the power component is S.
  • Table 1 shows specific values of the color difference ⁇ E between the white point and each primary color point and the color reproduction range.
  • the color difference is larger for white LEDs, but for red and green, the color difference is larger for RGB-LEDs. Therefore, when comparing the color difference between the RGB LED and the white LED, the sum of the color differences of each primary color is larger for the RGB LED, so the RGB LED is a light emitting device with a larger color difference than the white LED. This can be seen from the fact that the RGB-LED has a larger color reproduction range shown in Table 1 than the white LED.
  • Table 2 shows an example of the luminous efficiency of RGB LED and white LED and the luminous flux per LED.
  • RGB-LEDs are less consumed than RGB-LEDs alone, even when considering the transmittance of LCD panels, which have higher luminous efficiency than RGB-LEDs. Brightness can be obtained with power, and power consumption of liquid crystal display devices can be reduced.
  • white LEDs make up a backlight with only RGB-LEDs even when considering the transmittance of the LCD panel, where the luminous flux per LED is higher than that of RGB-LEDs. Compared to the case, the number of LEDs can be reduced. For this reason, the use of white LEDs makes it possible to reduce the price of noncrite and liquid crystal display devices.
  • the color reproduction range of the image displayed by the light emitted from the RGB LED and the liquid crystal panel and the color reproduction of the image displayed by the light emitted by the white LED and the liquid crystal panel.
  • some object colors cannot be displayed with the RGB—LED illumination image, but the object color can be almost reproduced, whereas the white LED illumination image
  • the object color indicated by X is almost located within the RGB—LED color reproduction range (the area within the solid line connecting each primary color point (RGB)), but the white LED color reproduction range (each primary color). Many things are located outside the area (the area within the broken line connecting the points (R'G'B ')).
  • the primary color blue can be displayed with the RGB-LED irradiation light and the white LED irradiation light with almost the same saturation, and any object color primary blue can be displayed. It is.
  • the object color can be reproduced with an image of RGB-LED irradiation light, but the object color cannot be displayed with an image of white LED irradiation light.
  • the object color green has the highest saturation at a luminance of 18.4%, and the saturation decreases at higher luminance. Go.
  • the maximum white luminance of the liquid crystal display device maximum white luminance when both the RGB LED and white LED are illuminated
  • the object color of green with a luminance of 18.4% is displayed.
  • Table 3 it is necessary to irradiate the white light of the liquid crystal display device to 30.4% by the irradiation light of RG B- LED.
  • Table 3 shows the relative brightness of red, green, and blue that can be displayed on the liquid crystal display when the white brightness of the liquid crystal display reaches 30.4% with RGB-LED illumination light on the left side.
  • the relative brightness of red, green, and blue that can be displayed on the liquid crystal display when irradiated until the white brightness reaches 45.9% is shown on the right.
  • 37.5% white color is displayed by adding 7.5% red, 18.4% green color, and 4.8% blue color.
  • a red color with a relative luminance of 11.3%, 27.7% green, and 7.2% blue are added and mixed to display 45.9% white.
  • the numerical values shown in Table 3 are for the case where the RGB LED and color filter shown in Fig. 9 are used.
  • the ratio of red, green and blue that produces white is the light used Varies with source and color filter.
  • LI (G) and the maximum white brightness L12 (W) of the image displayed on the liquid crystal display panel when the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element are turned on have the following relationship: I hope that there is.
  • the liquid crystal display device In order to display red with higher brightness, when the white LED is turned on in addition to the RGB— LED, and the white brightness of the liquid crystal display device is 45.9% or higher, the R— LED Since the relative brightness of is higher than 11.3%, the saturation of red decreases. Similarly, the brightness of the object color is 11.3. / Since the saturation of red above 0 is also reduced, the liquid crystal display device displays the object color red. It can be displayed sufficiently.
  • the maximum red brightness of the image displayed on the liquid crystal display panel when only the first light emitting element (RGB—LED) is turned on.
  • Degree LI (R) and the maximum white brightness L12 (W) of the image displayed on the liquid crystal display panel when the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element are turned on.
  • Table 4 also shows the number, brightness, and power consumption of the liquid crystal display devices that make up the backlight with only RGB-LEDs.
  • the total number of LEDs in the backlight 120 is 1344 RGB-LEDs (336 R-LEDs, 672 G-LEDs, B — 336 LEDs) and 672 white LEDs.
  • the backlight 120 configured as described above, assuming that the power consumption when all RGB—LEDs are turned on is 103 (W), the luminous flux of the RGB—LED is 3709 (lm), and the brightness of the knock light 120 is 5142 (nt), the transmittance of the liquid crystal panel 110 is 4.21%, and the luminance of the liquid crystal display device 100 is 217 (nt).
  • the power consumption when all white LEDs are turned on is 88 (w)
  • the luminous flux of the white LEDs is 4805 (lm)
  • the brightness of the backlight 120 is 6662 (nt)
  • the liquid crystal panel 110 The transmittance is 3.64%, and the brightness of the liquid crystal display device 100 is 242 (nt).
  • the power consumption when all RGB—LEDs and white LEDs are lit is 19 1 (w), and the luminance of the liquid crystal display device is 459 (nt). That is, the liquid crystal display device 100 If the maximum white luminance of the LED is 100%, the white luminance of the liquid crystal display device 100 by RGB—LED irradiation light is 47.3%, and the white luminance of the liquid crystal display device 100 by white LED irradiation light is 52.7. %.
  • the illumination intensity of the backlight 120 controlled by the backlight lighting control circuit 140 corresponding to the maximum gradation level detected by the maximum gradation level detection circuit 130, and the gradation conversion circuit 150 can be set as follows.
  • the value of the maximum gradation level S of the display image signal of the liquid crystal display device 100 detected by the maximum gradation level detection circuit 130 is the following (1). Is divided into cases (2). Then, the knocklight lighting control circuit 140 sets the RGB-LED illumination brightness RGB and the white LED illumination brightness W in the knocklight 120 by the following equations.
  • the backlight lighting control circuit 140 has the following formula:
  • RGB RGB X (S / S) VO. 427
  • the irradiation luminance of each light emitting element is determined.
  • the white LED is not lit, and brightness control is performed only with the RGB-LED.
  • the backlight lighting control circuit 140 has the following formula:
  • each symbol means the following.
  • RGB RGB of backlight 120—Maximum illumination brightness of LED
  • RGB Backlight 120 RGB—LED illumination brightness
  • the concrete threshold of S is 182 gradations, and S power S 1024 gradations (lObit gradation), S max
  • a specific threshold is 728 gradations.
  • the tone conversion circuit 150 creates an input image signal to be input to the liquid crystal panel 110 that is set as described above as the illumination intensity of the backlight based on the following equation.
  • each symbol means the following.
  • the liquid crystal display device 100 can sufficiently display the object colors red, green, and blue as shown in FIG.
  • a white LED is lit in addition to the RGB— LED, and when the white brightness of the LCD 100 is set to 47.2% or higher, the saturation of the displayed RGB However, since the saturation of the object color RGB also decreases, the liquid crystal display device 100 can sufficiently reproduce the object color RGB.
  • the liquid crystal display device 100 according to the present embodiment also uses white LEDs, and therefore, when a backlight is configured with only RGB-LEDs to obtain the same maximum luminance. Compared with, power consumption and the number of LEDs can be reduced. As shown in Table 2, this is due to the fact that white LEDs are higher than RGB LEDs when comparing the luminous efficiency of LEDs and the luminous flux per unit. Specifically, as shown in Table 4, in the liquid crystal display device 100 according to the present embodiment, the power consumption can be reduced to 87% compared to the liquid crystal display device in which the backlight is configured with only RGB-LEDs. The number of LEDs can be reduced to 71%. That is, a low power consumption and low cost liquid crystal display device can be realized.
  • the brightness of the display image is determined from the gradation value of the input image display signal, and the above (1) and ( In case of 2).
  • the brightness is smaller (1), only the RGB-LED, which is the first light emitting element, is turned on.
  • the brightness is larger (2), the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element are turned on. Together with the white LED, which is the light emitting element.
  • the type of the light emitting element to be lit is selected so that the color difference of the display image is decreased.
  • a light source composed of two or more types of light emitting elements having different color differences a light source composed of two types of light emitting elements, RGB-LED and white LED, will be described as an example.
  • the present invention is not limited to this configuration. That is, the present invention
  • the light source of the liquid crystal display device may be a light source composed of three or more types of light emitting elements having different color differences.
  • RGB laser one diode
  • RGB-LED second light-emitting element
  • fluorescent tube A third light emitting element
  • white LED fourth light emitting element
  • the light emitting element having the largest color difference between the white point and the primary color point is the first light emitting element
  • the light emitting element having the kth largest color difference is the kth light emitting element
  • the first light-emitting element to the k-th light-emitting element are turned on sequentially, and the number of light sources to be turned on is gradually increased. It is preferable to continue.
  • the brightness of the backlight increases as the display image becomes brighter, while the color difference between the white point and the primary color point is the largest in the display when only the first light emitting element is lit,
  • the color difference is reduced by the force S which is turned on sequentially up to k light emitting elements. That is, in a dark image, an image with high saturation is displayed, and as the image becomes brighter, the image becomes lower in saturation. Therefore, a liquid crystal display device that can display an image that matches the relationship between the brightness and saturation of the object color can be realized.
  • the color difference is large and the light emitting element has a large chromaticity range (that is, a color reproduction range) in which a display image can be reproduced.
  • a color reproduction range in which a display image can be reproduced.
  • the chromaticity range (color reproduction range) in which the display image can be reproduced is the widest in the display when only the first light emitting element is lit, and the kth light emitting element is turned on sequentially. As a result, the color reproduction range is narrowed.
  • a liquid crystal display device that can display an image that matches the relationship between the brightness and saturation of the object color can be realized.
  • the liquid crystal display device of the present invention as the image displayed on the liquid crystal display device becomes a bright image, the first light emitting element to the kth light emitting element are sequentially turned on, and the backlight luminance is increased.
  • the luminous efficiency per unit power consumption of the light emitting element Is preferably higher in the order of the kth light emitting element to the first light emitting element (that is, in the order of decreasing color difference). According to this, the illumination light luminance of the light source can be increased by increasing the types of light emitting elements that are turned on as the image displayed on the liquid crystal display device becomes a bright image.
  • the luminous efficiency per power consumption of the light source is high in the order of the kth light emitting element to the first light emitting element, the luminance is reduced with less power consumption than when the backlight is composed of only the first light emitting element.
  • the liquid crystal display device can be reduced in power consumption. In other words, higher luminance can be achieved with the same power consumption as compared to the case where the backlight is configured by only the first light emitting element.
  • the liquid crystal display device of the present invention as the image displayed on the liquid crystal display device becomes a bright image, the first light emitting element to the kth light emitting element are sequentially turned on, and the backlight luminance is increased. However, at this time, it is preferable that the light emission efficiency per unit price of the light emitting element increases in the order from the kth light emitting element to the first light emitting element (that is, in order from the smallest color difference).
  • the backlight when the luminous efficiency per unit price of the light emitting element is high in the order of the kth light emitting element to the first light emitting element, the backlight, compared to the case where the backlight is configured by only the first light emitting element, In addition, the price of the liquid crystal display device can be reduced.
  • a light source comprising two types of light emitting elements having different color differences between the white point and the primary color point is provided, and the light source is composed of a plurality of divided light emitting regions.
  • a liquid crystal display device including a backlight control unit (light source control unit) that changes the type of light emitting elements to be lit so that the color difference in the display image is reduced when the brightness of the display image is increased will be described.
  • FIG. 10 shows a configuration block diagram of a main part of liquid crystal display device 200 in the present embodiment.
  • the liquid crystal display device 200 includes a liquid crystal panel (liquid crystal display panel) 210 having a color filter composed of three primary colors of R (red), G (green), and blue (blue) and a backlight. (Light source, light-emitting unit) 220, and the liquid crystal panel 210 receives illumination light from the backlight 220, and controls the transmittance of the illumination light from the backlight 220 for each pixel according to the input image signal input. To display an image.
  • a liquid crystal panel liquid crystal display panel
  • the liquid crystal panel 210 receives illumination light from the backlight 220, and controls the transmittance of the illumination light from the backlight 220 for each pixel according to the input image signal input.
  • the backlight 220 has a large number of RGB—LEDs (first light-emitting elements) and white LEDs (second light-emitting elements) arranged, and optical sheets such as a diffusion plate and a prism sheet are stacked above the LEDs. This is a direct backlight.
  • RGB—LED and white LED those described in Embodiment 1 can be used in the same manner.
  • the noclight 220 is divided into M rows and N columns of divided light emitting regions D in a matrix manner, and is turned on / off for each LED belonging to each divided light emitting region.
  • the liquid crystal panel 210 has the power of having P rows and Q columns of pixels in a matrix. Separately, the display panel D is virtually divided into M rows and N columns of divided display regions D 'corresponding to the divided light emitting regions D of the backlight 220. Can be divided into
  • liquid crystal panel 210 a liquid crystal panel that is generally used as a display panel of a liquid crystal display device can be used as long as it can perform color display.
  • the color constituting the color filter for color display is preferably the same color as the light emission color of the light emitting element included in the backlight 220.
  • the liquid crystal display device 200 supports the display based on the display image signal (image source signal) of each divided display area D ′ for displaying an image on the liquid crystal panel 210.
  • a backlight control unit (light source control unit) 270 that changes the light emission state of the light emitting element of the backlight 220 for each divided light emitting region D is provided.
  • the display image signal is directly input to the liquid crystal panel.
  • the light emitting element is used according to the display image signal.
  • the light emission state is changed, and the illumination brightness of the backlight is changed. Therefore, for example, when the display image signal in a certain divided display area D ′ is a dark image signal (that is, when the brightness of the display image is low), the illumination intensity of the backlight of the corresponding divided emission area D is set to be low. If the display image signal of a dark image is input to the liquid crystal panel as it is set to a low value, the image finally displayed on the liquid crystal display device becomes a darker image than necessary.
  • the liquid crystal display device 200 creates an input image signal obtained by converting the gradation value of the display image signal in accordance with the change in the luminance of the backlight 220 and inputs the input image signal to the liquid crystal panel. Therefore, a gradation conversion circuit (gradation conversion unit) 260 is provided.
  • a maximum gradation level detection circuit 230 In the backlight control unit 270, a maximum gradation level detection circuit 230, a knocklight lighting control circuit (luminance determination unit) 240, and a backlight luminance distribution calculation circuit 250 are provided.
  • the maximum gradation level detection circuit 230 detects the maximum gradation level of the display image signal for each divided display area D ′ of the liquid crystal panel 210 and outputs it to the backlight lighting control circuit 240.
  • the irradiation luminance is determined for each divided light emitting area D of the corresponding backlight 220 according to the maximum gradation level for each divided display area D ′ detected by the maximum gradation level detecting circuit 230. To do.
  • the divided display area D ' In the divided display area D 'in which an image having a high maximum gradation level (that is, a light image with high brightness) is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 200, the divided light emitting area of the corresponding backlight 220 is displayed.
  • the divided display area D ' which is set so that the illumination intensity of D is increased and an image with a low maximum gradation level (that is, an image with low brightness and darkness) is displayed, the divided emission area of the corresponding backlight 220 is displayed. It is set so that the irradiation luminance of is low.
  • the backlight luminance distribution calculation circuit 250 is configured to irradiate the light emitted from a certain divided light emitting region to the surroundings based on the irradiation luminance of each divided light emitting region D of the backlight 220 controlled by the backlight lighting control circuit 240.
  • the entire luminance distribution of the backlight 220 is calculated in consideration of spread, that is, crosstalk.
  • the overall luminance distribution of the backlight 220 is calculated in a matrix of P rows and Q columns according to the pixels of the liquid crystal panel 210.
  • the display image signal displayed on the liquid crystal display device 200 is compared with the luminance distribution of the backlight 220 calculated by the backlight luminance distribution calculation circuit 250 and input to the liquid crystal panel 210. Create the input image signal to be used.
  • control unit in the conventionally known liquid crystal display device can be applied to the configuration of the control unit of the liquid crystal display panel and the control unit of the backlight in the liquid crystal display device 200 other than those described above. Therefore, the description is omitted here.
  • FIG. 11 schematically shows a cross-sectional configuration of the backlight 220
  • FIG. 12 shows a plan view of the arrangement of the light emitting elements in the backlight 220.
  • the backlight 220 has two types of light emitting elements having different color differences between the white point and the primary color point.
  • the RGB-LED 221 is provided as the first light emitting element having the larger color difference
  • the white LED 222 is provided as the second light emitting element having the smaller color difference.
  • the knock light 220 includes a diffusion plate 224, a prism sheet 225 on an LED plate (light emitting element) 223 formed by arranging a plurality of RGB—LEDs 221 and white LEDs 222.
  • An optical sheet 226 made of the like is laminated.
  • the backlight 220 is composed of one R-LED, two G-LEDs, one B_LED, and two white LEDs as a unit. Arranged on the LED board 223. Note that one divided light-emitting region D includes the above-described one structural unit.
  • the divided light emission region of knock light 220 is specifically set to 14 rows by 24 columns in a matrix shape. Therefore, the total number of LEDs in the backlight 220 is 336 R-LEDs, 672 G-LEDs, 336 B-LEDs, and 672 white LEDs.
  • the luminous flux of the RGB LEDs is 3709 (lm).
  • the luminance of the backlight 120 is 5142 (nt)
  • the transmittance of the liquid crystal panel 210 is 4.21%
  • the luminance of the liquid crystal display device 200 is 217 (nt).
  • the power consumption when all white LEDs are turned on is 88 (W)
  • the luminous flux of the white LEDs is 4805 (lm)
  • the brightness of the backlight 120 is 6662 (nt)
  • the transmittance of the liquid crystal panel 210 is 3.
  • the brightness of the liquid crystal display device 200 is 64% and 2 42 (nt).
  • the power consumption when all the RGB-LEDs and white LEDs are turned on is 191 (W), and the luminance of the liquid crystal display device is 459 (nt). That is, the liquid crystal display device 200 If the white brightness of the large LED is 100%, the white brightness of the liquid crystal display device 200 by RGB—LED irradiation light is 47.3%, and the white brightness of the liquid crystal display device 200 by white LED irradiation light is 52.7%. It is.
  • the input image signal to the liquid crystal panel 210 created by the gradation conversion circuit 260 can be set as follows.
  • the knock light lighting control circuit 240 the display image of the divided display region D ′ (m, n) in the m-th row and the n-th column of the liquid crystal display device 200 detected by the maximum gradation level detection circuit 230.
  • Value of maximum gradation level S (m, n) of signal This can be divided into the following cases (1) or (2).
  • the backlight lighting control circuit 240 performs RGB—LED irradiation luminance RGB (m, n) and white LED irradiation luminance W () in the m-th row and n-th column divided emission region D (m, n) of the backlight 220.
  • m, n) is set by the following formula.
  • the backlight lighting control circuit 240 has the following formula:
  • RGB (m, n) RGB X (S (m, n) / S) ⁇ / 0. 427
  • the irradiation luminance of each light emitting element is determined.
  • the white LED is not lit, and brightness control is performed only with the RGB-LED.
  • W (m, n) WX ((S (m, n) / S) ⁇ -0.427) / 0. 573
  • the irradiation luminance of each light emitting element is determined.
  • RGB-LEDs are lit at maximum brightness, and brightness control is performed by changing the brightness of white LEDs.
  • RGB Backlight 220
  • RGB (m, n) RGB—LED illumination intensity of the backlight 220 divided emission area D (m, n)
  • W (m, n) Brightness of the white LED in the divided light emission area D (m, n) of the backlight 220
  • S Maximum gradation level of the display image signal
  • the knocklight luminance distribution calculation circuit 250 takes into account the crosstalk of the irradiation light between the divided light emitting regions of the backlight 220, and the overall luminance distribution of the irradiation light by the RGB—LED rgb (p, q) And the overall luminance distribution w (p, q) of the light emitted by the white LED is calculated based on the following formula.
  • each symbol means the following.
  • rgb (p, q) Backlight corresponding to pixel (p, q) in p row and q column of LCD panel 2 10 C (RGB) pq (m, n); Crosstalk coefficient w (p, q) for rgb (p, q) of RGB (m, n); Pixel (p, q) of p row q column of liquid crystal panel 210 ) Illuminance by backlight 220 white LED
  • the gradation conversion circuit 260 creates an input image signal to be input to the liquid crystal panel 210 based on the following equation.
  • s * (p, q) s (p, q) X (((T -RGB + ⁇ -W) / ( ⁇ -rgb (p, q) + T -w (p rgb max w max rgb w
  • each symbol means the following.
  • the liquid crystal display device 200 can sufficiently display the object colors red, green, and blue as shown in FIG.
  • the liquid crystal display device 200 according to the present embodiment also uses white LEDs. Therefore, the power consumption and the number of LEDs can be reduced compared to the case where a backlight is configured with only RGB-LEDs to obtain the same maximum brightness. As shown in Table 2, this is due to the fact that white LEDs are higher than RGB LEDs when comparing the luminous efficiency of LEDs and the luminous flux per unit. Specifically, as shown in Table 4, the liquid crystal display device 200 according to the present embodiment can reduce power consumption to 87% compared to the liquid crystal display device in which the backlight is configured with only RGB-LEDs. The number of LEDs can be reduced to 71%. That is, a low power consumption and low cost liquid crystal display device can be realized.
  • the liquid crystal display device controls the irradiation luminance of the divided light emission region of the corresponding backlight according to the brightness of the image displayed for each divided display region of the liquid crystal display device. Yes. Therefore, an image with high saturation is displayed in the divided display area where dark images are displayed, and an image with low saturation is displayed in the divided display area where bright images are displayed. Therefore, even when an image mixed with light and dark is displayed, it is possible to express a highly saturated color in the dark divided display area.
  • an image with high saturation can be displayed by lighting only the RGB-LED (first light emitting element) of the backlight.
  • the illumination intensity of the backlight can be increased by turning on the white LED in addition to the RGB LED. Note that the power S, which lowers the saturation of the image by turning on the white LED, is not a problem because it matches the relationship between the brightness and saturation of the object color.
  • the liquid crystal display device of the present invention is used, the image quality can be improved by controlling the light source, and therefore, the present invention can be applied to a display device that displays images such as television and video.

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L'invention concerne un dispositif (100) d'affichage à cristaux liquides, comprenant un panneau (110) d'affichage à cristaux liquides destiné à l'affichage des couleurs et un rétroéclairage (source lumineuse et partie luminescente) (120). Le rétroéclairage (120) est doté d'une LED blanche (deuxième élément luminescent) et d'une LED rouge-vert-bleu (RGB) (premier élément luminescent) formant respectivement un point couleur et un point blanc dans des images formées sur le panneau d'affichage à cristaux liquides éclairé. La source lumineuse est en outre dotée d'un module de commande de rétroéclairage (module de commande de source lumineuse) (160) conçu pour modifier le type d'élément luminescent éclairé de manière à réduire la différence de couleur dans les images formées sur le panneau d'affichage à cristaux liquides quand la luminosité de ces images augmente.
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